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Fatal crash on US-301 at CR-470, Sumter County — Aug 20, 2026, 11:02 pm EDT

Report received Aug 20, 2026 at 11:02 pm EDT

Crash summary

A fatal crash was reported at U.S. Highway 301 at County Road 470 in Sumter County. Reported traffic impact: Roadway clear. The report was received at 11:02 p.m. EDT on August 20, 2026.

Dispatch was recorded at 11:06 p.m. EDT. Arrival was recorded at 11:21 p.m. EDT.

The incident was no longer listed in the FHP feed when checked at 5:23 a.m. EDT on August 21, 2026.

Other crash reports near this location

The FCW archive contains no other mapped qualifying incident reports within one mile of this location during the 90 days before this report.

The archive comparison covers May 22, 2026 through August 20, 2026, ending at this report’s received time.

Crash details

Incident type
Fatality
Road
U.S. Highway 301
Road impact
Roadway clear
Reported location
U.S. Highway 301 at County Road 470
Original road label
US-301
County
Sumter County
CAD reference
RCC26IN0615109
Cross street / reference
CR-470

Update history

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Times shown in Eastern time.

Original received value: 8/20/2026 11:02:33 PM

  1. FHP source time
    Incident received by FHP (source-reported time)
  2. FHP source time
    Dispatch time recorded by FHP
  3. FHP source time
    Arrival time recorded by FHP
  4. 13 source-record updates — Aug 20, 2026 at 11:46 pm EDT through Aug 21, 2026 at 4:23 am EDT

    Field-level details are unavailable for these older updates.

    1. Observed by Florida Crash Watch
      FHP source record updated
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      FHP source record updated
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      FHP source record updated
  5. Observed by Florida Crash Watch
    No longer listed by the Florida Highway Patrol after three healthy polls
  6. Observed by Florida Crash Watch
    Public record corrected by the operator

Latest known information

Last reported road impact
Roadway clear
Listing status
No longer listed

Report last updated Oct 27, 2026 at 8:19 am EDT

Received and dispatch times are not confirmed crash times.

No longer listed does not mean the road has reopened.

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